Will this week's game be postponed or moved due to Ike? [Yes]

[HPF Bob]

Per McClain:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5999358.html

Texans have moved their game with the Bengals for that week to their scheduled bye week (Oct. 26th) so both teams will have Nov. 9th free to play the game.

[TheMatrix31]

I hate it.

We have to sacrifice our bye week? Damn.

[chuck]

You'd think that for $350 million a collection of monkeys could figure out how to build a stadium that would withstand a stiff breeze. What a bunch of idiots. I've never liked that stadium. It's ugly, the open roof gives no sense of being outside, and it's broken. I bet you anything that the stadium isn't repaired in time for the Colts game. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the team didn't play a single game in Reliant Stadium this year. Reliant my ass.

[HPF Bob]

It does seem a bit ironic that the baseball stadium that was built on the cheap is ready to go with only minor damage while the football stadium that was built with a future Super Bowl in mind and declared "state of the art" has major problems. The Astrodome next door appears to have survived, just as it did with Alicia 25 years ago.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

It does seem a bit ironic that the baseball stadium that was built on the cheap is ready to go with only minor damage while the football stadium that was built with a future Super Bowl in mind and declared "state of the art" has major problems. The Astrodome next door appears to have survived, just as it did with Alicia 25 years ago.

I can see them both from where I live - the Dome and Reliant. The Dome is sitting there looking the same as ever. Reliant has what look like massive rips in the roofing or at least significant sections missing - there are large dark strips contrasting with the white roof.

As you mention MMP has escaped unscathed. Of course the league wants the Astros to play their series against the Cubs elsewhere, but that's a horse of a different feather.

Reliant sucks. I've always thought so and said as much after my first visit. But, sensitive as always to the considerations of others, I muted my criticism once it became obvious that the overwhelming consensus was positive. Looking back I think that the consensus would have been positive if presented with Butler Stadium given the excitement over the new franchise.

I'm planning on visiting Lambeau this year. That's some sort of consolation I suppose.

[popanot]

Reliant is open to a large expanse of nothing, whereas MMP is shielded by a large city, freeway structure, and GRB. There's a big difference. Ike was hardly "a gust of wind" judging by the devastion in the area, which we are all experiencing to some degree or another.

Frankly, I couldn't give a rats ass about the Texans schedule, Reliant, or the impact of having the bye week in Wk2. My main worry is how to keep my wife and 3 young kids cool, fed and healthy in the next couple of weeks. It's going to get nasty around here if they can't get power going and the food, fresh water and gas supply going soon.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by popanot

Reliant is open to a large expanse of nothing, whereas MMP is shielded by a large city, freeway structure, and GRB. There's a big difference. Ike was hardly "a gust of wind" judging by the devastion in the area, which we are all experiencing to some degree or another.

I disagree. Ever been in any downtown when it is windy? The tall buildings amplify the wind speed around them making it even windier at ground level. That's part of what happened to the Georgia Dome during the SEC basketball tournament last spring. These downtown venues are far more vulnerable to wind damage, not "shielded".

Frankly, I couldn't give a rats ass about the Texans schedule, Reliant, or the impact of having the bye week in Wk2. My main worry is how to keep my wife and 3 young kids cool, fed and healthy in the next couple of weeks. It's going to get nasty around here if they can't get power going and the food, fresh water and gas supply going soon.

And yet you had time to come online to a football website and vent. I'm glad you and your family made it through okay. Once you get the electricity back, everything will return to normal and they will have crews from all over the country down there working to get you back on as fast as they can. If they have to replace a lot of lines where you are, you'll probably have to wait longer but I predict that 80-90% of the affected area will be back on by the end of the week. Only the hardest hit areas will need to wait longer.

I went through Alicia myself and I have had family scattered all throughout Florida and the Gulf Coast so I know how recovery goes. The media will always paint the worst possible picture for you. Pockets of devastation down by the coast will be really hard times but much of the rest of the region will be largely back to normal by the end of the week.